#5AC5DC#5AC5DC

#5AC5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.103 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC5DC
RGB	rgb(90, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -24.09, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 31.78, 220.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0853 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.103 214)
XYZ	xyz(37.0957, 47.2698, 74.8653)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC5DC #DC715A

analogous

#5ADCB2 #5AC5DC #5A84DC

triadic

#5AC5DC #DC5AC5 #C5DC5A

tetradic

#5AC5DC #B25ADC #DC715A #84DC5A

square

#5AC5DC #B25ADC #DC715A #84DC5A

split-complementary

#5AC5DC #DC5A84 #DCB25A

monochromatic

#21859B #2CB1CD #5AC5DC #8CD7E7 #BFE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5AC5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#5AC5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC5DC

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC5DC	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.103 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6e6',
    500: '#5ac5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac5dc;
$custom-light: #94d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76953,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.47273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC5DC

secondary

#E2B9B0

accent

#3919CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC5DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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